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Gentoo: GLSA-200501-34 Normal: Remote Exec and Info Leak in Konversation

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2005
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Konversation client poses serious security risks on Gentoo Linux, including remote command execution and data leaks. Users must update, apply patches, and secure their setups
Konversation contains multiple vulnerabilities that could lead to remote command execution or information leaks.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-34 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Konversation: Various vulnerabilities Date: January 24, 2005 Bugs: #78712 ID: 200501-34

Synopsis ======= Konversation contains multiple vulnerabilities that could lead to remote command execution or information leaks.
Background ========= Konversation is a user-friendly IRC client for KDE.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-irc/konversation < 0.15.1 >= 0.15.1
========== Wouter Coekaerts has discovered three vulnerabilites within Konversation:
* The Server::parseWildcards function, which is used by the "Quick Buttons", does not properly handle ...

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